The Arizona Department of Education/Exceptional Student Services Secondary Transition unit is excited to bring regional secondary transition trainings to Arizona beginning in the fall of the 2014–2015 school year.

Secondary transition requirements for students 16 years old and older (or younger if appropriate) include ten specific IEP components that facilitate successful transition from high school to postsecondary life in the areas of education/training, career, and independent living.

These regional trainings will be presented in two parts:

Part 1 will be a full-day training for those who are new to secondary transition and will cover the following topics: Introduction to Indicator 13: Secondary Transition Requirements and Transition Plans and ECAPS.

Part 2 will be a half-day training for those who are familiar with secondary transition requirements and who want to participate in the Writing a Secondary IEP for Transition Using Best Practices workshop.

Participants attending Part 1 and Part 2 will learn both compliance requirements and the best practices to meet those requirements.

NOTE: If you want to attend both parts, you must register for each one separately.

September 9 and September 10 – Cochise County September 17 and September 18 – Mohave County October 6 and October 7 – Yuma County October 20 and 21 – Pima County November 13 and November 14 – Maricopa County (East) November 17 and 18 – Maricopa County (West) December 3 and December 4 – Pinal County January 20 and 21 – Coconino County January 22 and 23 – Navajo and Apache Counties February 19 and 20 – Graham and Greenlee Counties February 26 and 27 – Maricopa County March 10 and 11 – Yavapai County

ADE Training Opportunity Discount!

Meeting Arizona’s College and Career Ready Standards (AZCCRS) for Special Educators

January 7–8 or March 4–5

Team up a special education teacher or leader with a general education teacher or leader and get 50% off one registration!

Throughout the two-day workshop participants will have the opportunity to engage in whole group, small group, and paired collaborative discussions within grade level and content areas to refine collaborative practices between general education and special education and develop and write AZCCRS standards-based Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals.

Training Outcomes

During this two-day workshop, participants will:

Expand understanding of the AZCCRS for ELA/Literacy and Mathematics in order to develop standards-aligned IEP goals aligned to the student’s AZCCRS present levels of academic achievement and functional performance (PLAAFP)

Integrate research of how children learn to order to identify areas of need in the development of IEP goals

Obtain a solid understanding of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to integrate learning into daily practice

Develop and write standards-aligned IEP goals related to students’ needs as described in the PLAAFP

Explore and use readily available resources, tools, and evidenced-based strategies to support students with disabilities to access the AZCCRS in ELA/Literacy and Mathematics

Registration fee: $175 covers the two-day attendance, or team up a special education teacher or leader with a general education teacher or leader and get 50% off one registration (i.e., $175.00 for the special educator, $87.50 for general educator). Please type “discount” after the payment number when registering the general education teacher or leader.

This 2-part workshop will include two 3-hour presentations from agency professionals who will focus on (1) Assessing Executive Functioning and Implications for College and Career Readiness and (2) Secondary Transition: From School to Adult Services in Vocational Rehabilitation, Adult Programs, and Post-Secondary Education. The format for the sessions will be short-format lecture with open discussion, ongoing question and answer sessions throughout, and include interactive opportunities to review relevant assessments and resources. All materials for this training will be provided.

Who Should Attend: The Arizona Department of Education/Exceptional Student Services is offering a variety of workshop-trainings for AzCIS intermediate or advanced users in middle school or high school.***These workshops are not designed for beginning users.

This interactive workshop assists participants in applying information from previous secondary transition training(s) conducted by our ADE/ESS transition specialists to specific students’ needs. The expectation is that participants attending this training will come with a foundation of Indicator 13 knowledge. After a quick review of Indicator 13 components (with specific best practices examples), specialists will assist participants in reviewing their IEPs to answer four key questions designed to improve transition plans.

Who Should Attend: School Administrators, Special Education Directors, Special Educators, General Educators, Parents, Youth/Young Adults, and Community Services ProvidersContact: Jeannette Zemeida @ 602-542-3855

The Arizona Department of Education/Exceptional Student Services is pleased to announce an upcoming webinar. We hope that you can join us for this learning opportunity.

ADE Special Education Certification Changes
This webinar will explain changes to special education certification that will be effective January 1, 2016. Reciprocity and proficiency exams will also be discussed.Date: Friday, February 13, 2015Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Space is limited.
Reserve your webinar seat now at https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/770619782.

This interactive and practical training is designed for those who oversee or administer the Post School Outcomes (PSO) Survey. The PSO Survey, conducted one year after students exit high school, is required to be completed by districts and charter schools who serve students with disabilities ages 16 and over each year between June 1st and September 30th. Upon completion of the training participants will understand requirements for the PSO Survey and how to incorporate suggested tips and techniques to insure that data collection is meaningful and results obtained are useful.

Who Should Attend: School Staff new to Post School OutcomesContact: Jeannette Zemeida @ 602-542-3855

In this full-day session, participants will learn prevention and de-escalation techniques, as well as the importance of understanding their own emotional states in avoiding power struggles. Participants will have the opportunity to connect and apply these techniques through case studies, role play activities, and real-life discussions and examples and will learn how to make connections to their own emotional reactions and how these reactions relate to their students’ responses. This session is for any school staff members who want to be proficient at de-escalating and avoiding power struggles with students.

In a continuation of the special education child count training series offered by ESS Data Management, we are pleased to present webinars and workshops geared towards the second phase of the annual special education census process, reconciliation, as well as the opportunity for participants to advance their knowledge on how to resolve SAIS integrity failures related to special education participation data. Please see the attached flyer for details; registration is required for each session. Note that the Detour to Solutions session requires a working knowledge of special education data in SAIS. In the spring, ESS Data Management will close out the training series with webinar sessions that focus on the final phase of the annual special education census process, non-reconciliation.